THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON TAKE AWAYS {3/40}

By The stash — 03 Aug 2026

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Seek Advice

Don't be afraid to seek advice from people in the position you wish to be in. In an age where we are more connected than ever, access is much more guarded, or so we are told to believe.

Bansir (chariot maker) and Kobbi (musician) see an opportunity to speak with Arkad, the richest man in Babylon. Their aim is to understand his ways. They've heard that Arkad is the man who has cracked the code to recurring income and is vastly wealthy. Wanting to know the code themselves, they seek out Arkad to gain his wisdom, and just as importantly, gather old friends who've had better experiences with their endeavours and situations, so they can all trade knowledge.

Access to certain people is priceless, a wealth of experience is worth its weight in gold. Connecting with someone in the lane you want to be in could massively change your trajectory, the knowledge they give you reveals the common pitfalls that would otherwise cost you, pitfalls only visible to those who've already paid for them.

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Seek advice and formulate new strategies based on the retrospections of those who have succeeded. It's ok to say you want to understand more before you move. It's ok to wait till the scope and picture are much clearer. Sometimes the only way to make the best moves includes sitting and listening to those who have succeeded before you.

A phone is a great tool to access millions of people, yet we are convinced that access is limited, so we do not try to reach out and establish connection, because of a fear or an imaginary barrier of status which may or may not apply. A simple conversation with the right person can reveal how much of what you believed was misunderstanding, due to working with what was available to you.

Just like Bansir, seek out those who are in the place you want to be, draw from the pool of knowledge they are willing to give. There is a large group of people willing to help, not in money but in knowledge, which could prove much more valuable. Understanding beyond your level gives you greater vision of the platform from a view no one at your level will have. If knowledge is power, they'd have given you a 2x power up, threat detection, and stat allocation all in one.